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Scuba Diving News
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Tuesday, 07 April 2009 23:36 |
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Describing it as, "the toughest world record I've earned" (What? You don't have one?), proud 37 year old Briton Sara Campbelll claims the number 1 freediving record in the sport's Constant Weight category.
Campbell's dive lasted 3min 34sec taking her to a depth of 96m during her dive off Long Island in the Bahamas. The dive narrowly beat the previous record of 95m set by Russian Natalia Molchanova, who had previously taken the record from Campbell. On surfacing she became light-headed but remained sharp enough to complete the surface protocol to the satisfaction of the judges from AIDA, competitive freediving's governing body.
She had carried out just 17 training dives since setting three AIDA world records in categories including Constant Weight in November 2007, while still a competition freediving novice.
Campbell withdrew temporarily from competition last year, following the death of her mother.
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